Grunt Contract Job Trends in the North of England

Grunt
England > North of England

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the North of England requiring Grunt skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 208 160 -
Rank change year-on-year -48 - -
Contract jobs citing Grunt 3 2 0
As % of all contract jobs in the North of England 0.063% 0.056% -
As % of the Development Applications category 0.33% 0.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
10th Percentile £332 - -
25th Percentile £343 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £360 - -
75th Percentile £406 - -
90th Percentile £425 - -
England median daily rate £360 - £325
% change year-on-year - - -48.00%

All Development Application Skills
North of England

Grunt falls under the Development Applications category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring development application skills in the North of England.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for development application skills 897 522 585
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England 18.98% 14.53% 12.57%
Number of daily rates quoted 653 332 434
10th Percentile £325 £325 £352
25th Percentile £390 £389 £419
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £475 £473 £500
Median % change year-on-year +0.53% -5.50% -8.26%
75th Percentile £541 £573 £597
90th Percentile £637 £650 £650
England median daily rate £500 £525 £550
% change year-on-year -4.76% -4.55% -4.35%
Number of hourly rates quoted 24 11 40
10th Percentile £39.00 - £45.88
25th Percentile £43.26 - -
Median hourly rate £55.00 £46.18 £46.18
Median % change year-on-year +19.10% - -1.33%
75th Percentile £65.13 £53.13 £64.06
90th Percentile £72.98 £77.50 £78.00
England median hourly rate £65.00 £62.50 £65.00
% change year-on-year +4.00% -3.85% +4.00%

Grunt
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Grunt relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Grunt job vacancy trend in the North of England

Grunt
Daily Rate Trend in the North of England

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Grunt.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the North of England citing Grunt

Grunt
Contract Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Grunt within the North of England region over the 6 months to 19 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -25 3 £360 -
Grunt
England

Grunt
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 3 (100.00%) npm
Development Applications
1 3 (100.00%) Cypress.io
1 3 (100.00%) Git
1 3 (100.00%) gulp
1 3 (100.00%) SonarQube
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) UI Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 3 (100.00%) Ajax
1 3 (100.00%) CSS
1 3 (100.00%) CSS3
1 3 (100.00%) Enzyme
1 3 (100.00%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) HTML5
1 3 (100.00%) Jest
1 3 (100.00%) JSON
1 3 (100.00%) LESS
1 3 (100.00%) Nightwatchjs
1 3 (100.00%) Node.js
1 3 (100.00%) React
1 3 (100.00%) Redux
1 3 (100.00%) REST
1 3 (100.00%) Sass
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) XHR
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Front End Development
1 3 (100.00%) Performance Optimisation
1 3 (100.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) API Integration
2 2 (66.67%) CI/CD
2 2 (66.67%) Clean Code
2 2 (66.67%) Code Quality
3 1 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (33.33%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (66.67%) BPSS Clearance
1 2 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (100.00%) Accessibility
Vendors
1 3 (100.00%) Perforce